We are very happy to announce that the AgentPress 2.0 child theme is now available. This WordPress theme works on the Genesis Framework and can be downloaded by Pro Plus members in the support forum. All others can purchase the package here.
AgentPress Has 5 Color Styles
The updated version of the theme now has 5 color styles – you can check out the following color styles: blue, gray, green, red and tan.
Homepage Options
The AgentPress homepage has been coded to load as a blog upon activation. However, if you wish to use a slider, property search box, display featured listings, community pages, recent blog post or more – you can! Just check out the AgentPress sample homepage to see what it can do.
IDX Integration
We are working with Diverse Solutions and IDX Broker to provide integration with their WordPress IDX plugins. Here’s a sample search results page and a sample property listing page from the dsIDXpress plugin by Diverse Solutions.
Listings Custom Post Type
In order to use feature which allows you to manually enter real estate listings, you’ll need to download the AgentPress Listings plugin. After you activate it, you’ll see “Listings” menu in the sidebar of your dashboard – that’s where all the magic occurs!
Special Thanks to Agent Evolution
On behalf of the StudioPress development team, I’d like to extend an enormous amount of gratification to the folks over at Agent Evolution.
Led by Reggie Nicolay, Nicole Nicolay and Chad Johnson, they’ve been an integral part of the development of AgentPress, and exclusively use it to build their client sites. If you are looking for a custom site with IDX integration, you can check out their WordPress Website Package details.
Tutorials to Get You Started with AgentPress
Here are a few tutorials that we’ve written for AgentPress 2.0:
- Getting Started with AgentPress
- How to Create a Property Listing
- How to Display a Featured Blog Section
- How to Display a Welcome Message
- How to Display Featured Listings
- How to Display the Communities Section
- How to Display the Featured Slider
- How to Display the Property Search Box
- How to Modify the Property Details Section
About Brian Gardner
finally its out there, previously getting 404 error when accessing this link…
Looks pretty good..
It was 404′ing because I changed the demo site URL’s…
Really slick update. I like the way short listings are shown much better now and IDX integration is going to make this very attractive. I’m sure it will remain your most popular theme for quite a while.
Thanks Steve – appreciate the kind words. We’re hoping agents who manually enter their listings or those wanting to pull in IDX find AgentPess suits their needs.
Looking good. I’ve just read been reading about the Genesis Commerce theme on Jigoshop too. With that and WooCommerce due on Wednesday, we’re in exciting times!
Genesis Commerce theme?
Care to say a little more?
Sure, here you go…
http://jigoshop.com/blog/2011/09/26/genesis-commerce-jigoshop-on-the-genesis-framework/
Honestly there’s not much to say other than the fine folks over at Jigoshop decided to kick things off with a Genesis child theme ready for their product.
Thanks Lee, thanks Brian.
Appreciate the link – getting too lazy to Google. LOL
Brian, why not offer the Jigoshop theme in the marketplace here on SP? Would raise awareness of the possibilities of e-commerce on Genesis.
That’s conversation that hasn’t happened yet. Definitely a possibility.
Lee
It was the e-commerce that caught my eye.
Good shout.
If we already have the genesis framework, can we purchase the agentpress 2.0 child theme for $44.95, if so what is the link? The link above I believe is showing the original agentpress 1.0? Please help
Yes you can. Do a hard refresh on the AgentPress sale page, and you’ll see I updated the screenshot.
I purchased Genesis & AgentPress 1.0 through ThemeForest. Is the upgrade to 2.0 going to be available there? I just logged in to download, and it’s still 1.0. Also, what will the upgrade cost be?
Yes, I’ll be updating it over there. In the meantime, I’ve emailed you a copy.
That is so awesome of you! This was my first venture into WordPress themes, and I can’t say enough about how great 1.0 was and how much I look forward to working on 2.0! Thank you very much
I purchased genesis and agentpress 1.0 shortly before the announcement of agentpress 2.0, is the upgrade the same cost?
To access a new copy of the theme, please just use the link provided in your original download email.
And if you can’t find that, I just sent out the update through email, so you should be getting that soon.
Thanks Brian, just purchased the child theme. So is the IDX plugin from Diverse good to use for IDX Integration and for seo? Would you recommend any others?
Yes it is – assuming they have access to the MLS that would pull your listings. As for SEO, the best part of dsIDXpress is that unique pages are created for each listing, so they can get indexed by search engines.
Hey Jason,
A few sites that I recommend you check out are:
http://www.mattpernice.com (Custom designed by Agent Evolution)
http://www.shelterrealty.com
Both have gotten several thousand pages indexed by the dsIDXpress plugin. If you want to set up a webinar, I do a lot of our training here at Diverse Solutions so I’m happy to help answer any questions.
Is there a place in the forum that will tell me how to set up the Agentpress 2.0 to have it look or have the same feel as your demo page? What widgets go where? and what plugins i may need if any?
All of the tutorials to setup the theme are at the bottom of this post.
Very slick. Definitely get that IDX broker up and running because the dsIDXpress does NOT have all the lead capture elements that are so important to real estate agents.
As far as I know, IDX Broker should work out of the box. We’re working with them to ensure a seamless integration.
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I assume it would since they only use header/footer wrappers and are not really integrated.
Question, will the theme’s search function work to query the IDX feed out of the box?
I doubt it – Genesis/AgentPress would use the native WP search function, so unless IDX Broker somehow pulled that off….
I too purchased the original Agentpress theme (and some others since then).
Is there an upgrade path to Agentpress 2?
Check your email, as I’m sending it to you now. Tomorrow I was going to send out a mass email update link to all folks who purchased AgentPress.
I am an Agentpress 1.0 user. I understand that this new version will be available to those who currently have 1.0?! I’ve been looking through the forums and blog posts and there doesn’t seem to be a “how to” on converting your site from one to the other? Is this going to be possible or does the site have to be rebuilt to accommodate the new changes?
Unfortunately the way listings are being shown now (posts in v1.0 versus post types in v2.0) it’s going to be extremely difficult for an easy migration path. However, there’s nothing wrong with v1.0 if you’re happy with the site. Just use v2.0 moving forward!
Brian, I’m not sure what that means. I am an agent who manages my own site (like many AP users), so I am not a techie. While I have done a lot of custom coding on my site, I’d like a very simplistic answer and tutorial on how and the impacts of upgrading to 2.0. Is my content going to be as is? Is my custom coding going to be as is? Am I going to have to re-work my entire site because of 2.0? These are questions that I’m sure a lot of people like me will have – best to have the answers up front, no?
I wasn’t trying to duck your question. I was saying that going from v1.0 to v2.0 would require work, as the listings would have to be re-entered. Style and design customizations would also have to be redone. That being said, if you’re happy with the way your site(s) is running on v1.0, then you shouldn’t feel obligated to update.
What style and design customizations will need to be redone? I have a lot of the elements in the new version already on my site, but really like the new, clean layout and the new color schemes. Hoping that this update also made adding a header an easier process than having to deal with editing .psd files? It really would be helpful to have a more detailed explanation of what to expect before updating to the new version.
First off yes, there is a custom header function inside the theme. This allows you to create and upload a header file if you like – but the header will also show dynamic text as the AgentPress demo does. As for other changes – I’m referring to the general style (or CSS) customizations that you may have done. (inside the style.css file). The theme was rewritten in it’s entirety, so it’s not like you can update to v2.0 and have it look the way your site does now.
If you like the new look, they I’d suggest activating 2.0 on your site, see how you like it and and go from there. If you don’t like it then you can always switch back. Just know if you do this your widgets might get bumped down to the inactive widgets section so you’d have to put them back in place.
Thanks Brian! For those of us non-techie professionals who have spent an enormous amount of time on our sites, it is helpful to know what to expect!
Did the e-mail link go out today? I haven’t seen anything come through my inbox and don’t see it available through WordPress to update.
Wow! One of the most awaited releases since 2010! Let’s go guys!
Really happy about the release of this theme it is amazing and really shows the progress Studiopress is making. I was wondering if tutorials are going to be made available on how to integrate the agentpress plugin into other themes like lifestyle? I have a client who wants to integrate it into their child theme.
Hi –
I have Agentpress 1.0, can you please send a link to upgrade to 2.0?
Thanks,
Dan
Sure thing Dan, just emailed it to you. I am planning on sending out the updated version today for everyone.
Nice updated…
Hi Brian,
I’m currently using Agentpress 1.0 as well and would love to update to 2.0. Can you kindly email me the link as well?
Regards,
Kenny
Hey Kenny – I sent out the update today, can you let me know if you received it?
Got it, thanks!
Wow, I have to say, I’m really impressed. This theme came out gorgeous. Very Nice!
Thanks so much Jonathan – appreciate it!
I’m confused on how IDX works. I’d like to setup an AgentPress site for someone but will the IDX integration allow a visitor to search for a home on the AgentPress theme and it returns results from the MLS? Or will the search only return results that have been manually entered into wordpress? I would just give IDX a try but they charge you a BS $100 setup fee.
There are two ways to display listings on a site built with AgentPress:
1) manually enter the listings with the Listings custom post type we built into WordPress
2) subscribe to an IDX Service (such as Diverse Solutions and IDX Broker) and use their WordPress plugins to pull in the content into your site
In order to give IDX a try, it appears you’d have to do so through third parties – as we don’t have any control of those types of listings, feeds, etc.
When I activate the Agentpress Theme – (or any child theme) this error pops up – what can I do to rectify?
Thanks so much
Jill
Forgot to paste the error message Fatal error: Cannot redeclare _verify_isactivate_widgets() (previously declared in /home/saecoaut/public_html/wp-content/themes/agency/functions.php:51) in /home/saecoaut/public_html/wp-content/themes/genesis/functions.php on line 36
Hm, it looks like it might be a plugin conflict? Can you disable plugins and see if the theme can activate?
mm I only had 2 plugins installed so far – disabled them and still the same error – Thanks for your help.
Hi Brian, this is a really nice theme, ive seen a few real estate websites recently that that could definitely do with an agentpress make over.
I am unclear where to find the zip drive when I download on my computer to upgrade
agent theme 2
Hi Brian,
I didn’t get the email link for 2.0 download. Could you please send it to me?
Thanks! Take it easy
Yep, just sent it to you.
I just created this website with your AgentPress Child Theme http://recreationcentrale.com/blog/
As you can see it is not related to real estate at all. This is interesting to see how much flexibility there is.
Before I move this website to the root http://recreationcentrale.com, I would like to know how I can make it a french website. I heard we could do that?
I would like to offer my visitors a french (default), english and spanish version of the website.
Thank you for your advice.